• Mississippi Blues Trail heads north to the Badger State

    Updated: 2024-04-22 02:19:23
    : Blues Music Now Blog This blog is part of the bluesmusicnow.com Web site . Check it out for CD reviews , news and touring information about your favorite blues . artists Friday , September 17, 2010 Mississippi Blues Trail heads north to the Badger State The Mississippi Blues Trail a collection of important blues locations , winds its way through Mississippi , Memphis , Arkansas , Alabama and , eventually , Chicago . This weekend , the trail extends another 100 miles north to the small town of Grafton , Wisconsin , which is the home of Paramount Records . The record label produced 78 rpm records of early blues pioneers including Charley Patton Skip James Son House Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson According to ParamountsHome.org more than 1,600 songs were recorded in Grafton between

  • Old vets B.B. King, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith still bringing the blues

    Updated: 2024-04-22 02:19:23
    : . , Blues Music Now Blog This blog is part of the bluesmusicnow.com Web site . Check it out for CD reviews , news and touring information about your favorite blues . artists Friday , September 19, 2008 Old vets B.B . King , Willie Big Eyes Smith still bringing the blues Two new blues CDs from two grizzled old pros crossed my desk recently and they were a much welcomed reprieve from much of the mediocre crap that passes for blues these . days It shouldn't surprise anyone that one of the CDs was from the legendary B.B . King , who turned 83 years young on Sept . 16. B.B . King has never gone away for very long in his storied career , but his new recording , One Kind Favor Geffen Records represents sort of a comeback for the King of the Blues . Much of the credit goes to producer T . Bone

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